Revision as of 07:11, 26 January 2012

Do you have questions for Joe Myer, our guest speaker?

Write them below.

Note: Please read this page on "how to address speakers" before posting your questions.

• Dear Mr. Myer, is it expected to acquire a Master's degree (or beyond) in order to receive higher promotions within your company? And if so, which Master's degrees are recommended or looked highly upon? -Seth Strege
• How have you applied what you have learned in school at the workplace? - Yang Zhou
• What do you wish you had done before graduating to better prepare yourself for the work force? - Jeff King
• Dear Panel, what are some of the things you have done in school that were helpful in your career? Are there anything you wish you had done before graduating? Katie Kitamura
• What is the one thing you wish you had done differently during your time here at Purdue, knowing what you know now? - Aditya Balasubramanian
• Sirs, what is one major difference between how you pictured the working world during undergad and how you found it to be after graduation?
• Mr. Myer, How important is having a management background along with engineering to climb the corporate ladder? - Omkar Ghaisas
• Dear Panel, Did you find that the courses that you took in school successfully prepared you for the workforce after college? - Jordan Ramer
• Dear Mr. Myer, is there any class that you wanted to take in college that you were unable to for one reason or another and how did that affect you? - Keegan McGraw
• Sirs, what is the major difference you observe between someone who has begun working after getting a masters degree and one who has their bachelors and has been working at the company for several years? - Reid Erekson
• Mr. Myer, as a co-op student working for a utility company, I have worked in an environment that heavily emphasizes the need for Professional Engineering certification. It is required as both a indication of seniority and for promotion after a certain point. I am curious if this is the case at other companies, such as Rolls-Royce, that are less public in nature. Would you say that a Professional Engineer certification is an important step in an engineering career? - Andrew Batek
• Mr. Myer, what skills did you utilize to advance in the workplace? - Matt Finn
• Mr. Myer, do you think that student clubs and organizations help students to get decent jobs or do these clubs and organizations at least prepare students for their professional life? - Hamza Khan
• Mr Myer, what industry will our (Purdue) alums have the biggest impact on in the future? How and Why? - Matt Wickesberg

Back to ECE400 Spring 2012